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Penicillin: More than a Moldy Petri Dish

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Penisilium Mud Infused Gauze Pads

Vogel based his work on an earlier discovery by george robinson and james wallace at singer laboratory in Pennsylvania. Vogel's wife, eunis, was a big part of this process, making the auger for the petriedishes and sterilizing the equipment between batches. There were some understandable concerns about the potential for penasilon mae at home to be contaminated in some way. But voge reportedly used these gauze pads at steel mills all over the area, treating workers who would otherwise have just not had access to any antibiotics at all.

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